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DHS Agencies Announce Enrollment Dates for TWIC in 10 Ports

WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - January 9, 2008) - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
today announced that enrollment in the Transportation Worker Identification
Credential (TWIC) program will begin at 10 more locations in the coming
weeks. This program ensures that any individual who has unescorted access
to secure areas of port facilities and vessels has received a thorough
background check and is not a known security threat.

TWIC enrollment began Oct. 16, 2007 at the Port of Wilmington, Del. The
addition of these 10 locations will bring the number of fixed enrollment
centers open for enrollment to 59. Ultimately, the program will be rolled
out to 147 fixed enrollment sites and will vet more than 1 million workers
through 2008.

"TWIC is one of the world's most advanced interoperable biometric systems
and raises the bar on port security," said the Transportation Security
Administration's (TSA) Maurine Fanguy, program director for TWIC. "We are
off to a strong start with thousands of workers enrolled and credentials
issued."

Workers at these ports, as well as another 49 where enrollment has begun,
are able to pre-enroll for TWIC on the TSA Web site (www.tsa.gov/twic).
Pre-enrollment speeds up the process by allowing workers to provide
biographic information and schedule a time to complete the application
process in person. This reduces waiting and in-person enrollment times for
each individual.

More information on the TWIC program is available at www.tsa.gov/twic and
additional information on port security is available at the U.S. Coast
Guard's Homeport site at http://homeport.uscg.mil by clicking on the
Maritime Security link.